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Postoperative C-reactive protein kinetics predict postoperative complications in patients treated with cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for peritoneal carcinomatosis.

Antoine El AsmarMelissa BendavidesMichel MoreauAlain HendliszAmélie DeleporteMaher KhalifeVincent DonckierGabriel Liberale
Published in: World journal of surgical oncology (2020)
CRP levels, and kinetics mainly, between post-operative day 2 and 4, are decisive predictive markers of early and late post-operative complications after CRS plus HIPEC. The presence of post-operative complications should be suspected in patients with a high CRP mean, and a plateau level (days 2-4).
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